Carlos Antonio Palacios García, Venezuelan histologist and microscopist (Caracas 09 February 1925 – 10 August 1997)

Authored over 50 scientific works

World expert on ultrastructure and biochemistry of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Blastomyces dermatidis

Described the cardiac conducting system from histologic and histochemical point of view

Described Councilman bodies and electron microscopic differentiation of Langerhans islets grains in the female rat

Developed intradermic method for inoculation in manufacture of aftosa vaccine and others modification in this vaccine used worldwide

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http://www.cazadoresdemicrobios.com.ve/consulta_biografia.php?id_biografia=123 (in Spanish)